Burrows, A., & Liebert, J.  (1995, January 19).  Probing dark matter.  Nature, 6511  191-192.  (Analysis of findings originally published in the Astrophysical Journal about gravitational lensing in the LMC.)

    Davis, M., et al.  (1992, October 1).  Large scale structure in a universe with mixed hot and cold dark matter.  Nature, 6394  392-396.  (Explanation of large scale structure through a mixed dark matter model.)

    Dicks, D.R.  (1970).  Early Greek astronomy to Aristotle.  Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.  (Base level overview of Aristotle's heavenly bodies model.)

    Dearborn, D., et al.  (1990, January 25).  Dark matter and the age of globular clusters.  Nature, 6256  347-348.  (A class of WIMPs called 'cosminos,' which can be captured in stars, constitutes dark matter.)

    Glanz, J.  (1998, July 17).  A dark matter candidate loses its luster.  Science, 281. 332-333.  (Argument against MACHO's legitimacy as a dark matter candidate.)

     Hawley, J., & Holcolmb, K.  (1998).  Foundations of modern cosmology.  New York: Oxford University Press.  (Basic theories of dark matter presented.)

     Heath, T. L.  (1969).  Greek astronomy.  New York: AMS Press. (Base level overview of Aristotle's heavenly bodies model.)

     Hope, R.  (1961).  Aristotle's physics.  Lincoln: Nebraska Press.  (In depth translation of Aristotle's Physics.  Our most valuable cosmological text.)

     Ikebe, Y., et al.  (1996, Feburary 1).  Discovery of a hierarchical distrubtion of dark matter in the Formax cluster of galaxies.  Nature, 6564  427-429.  (Report on the varying distribution of dark matter traced by gas in hydrostatic equilibrium in the Fornax cluster.)

     Kaufmann, W., & Freedman, R.  (1999).  Universe.  New York: W.H. Freeman and Company.   (Class text and general reference material.)

     Lake, G.  (1990, July 5).  Detectability of gamma rays form clumps of dark matter.  Nature, 6278  39-40.  (Report that WIMPs with masses about 1GeV will produce visible gamma rays.)

     Mooro, B.  (1994, August 25).  Evidence against dissipation-less dark matter form observations of galaxy haloes.  Nature, 6491  629-631.  (Argument aganist cold dark matter models of the Universe.)

     Rubin, V. (1998, Spring).  Dark matter in the universe.  Scientific American: Special Edition Cosmos, 9  106-111.  (Excellent starting point for dark matter research.)

     Rubin, V.  (1998).  Weighting the universe: dark matter and missing mass.  In J. Cornell (Ed.), Bubbles, voids, and bumps in time: the new cosmology  (pp. 73-105).  New York: Cambridge University Press.  (Cohesive and accessible article on the discovery of dark matter and possible explanation of its constitution.)

     Sahu, K.C.  (1994, July 28).  Stars within the large magellanic cloud as potential lenses for observed micro lensing events.  Nature, 6487  275-276.  (Other stars in the LMC rather than MACHOs can cause gravitational lensing events in the LMC.)

     Saunders, W., et al.  (1991, January 3).  The density field of the local universe.  Nature, 6304  32-38.  (The cold dark matter model of the Universe does not accurately emulate the large scale structure of the local universe.)

     Shu, F.  (1982).  The physical universe: an introduction to astronomy.  Mill Valley, CA:  University Science Books.  (Basic information on the standard model and particle physics.)

     Thomsen, E.D.  (1987, August 22).  Were the supernova's neutrinos pulsed?.  Science News  117.  (Estimates neutrino rest mass to be less than 0.2eV.)

     Wambsganss, J.  (1994, July 28).  MACHOs not so tough.  Nature, 6487  248-249.  (Further differentiation of gravitational lensing events in the LMC.)

     http//www.phys.washington.edu/~superk/sk-info.html.  (Official Super-Kamiokande web page.)

     http//www.phys.washington.edu/~superk/sk_release.html.  (Official Super-Kamiokande press release on the non-zero rest mass of neutrinos.)

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